Read this shit!<br /><br /> My brother was slugged $822 because of excessive useage of his broardband connection he argued but still had to pay or the dept collectors would be called in but here we go again., read below I found this on a web site<br />Again if you're a women you have more power than a man, what in the hell has being pregnant have to do for getting into this mess, do we have to feal pitty because she is pregnant. What next will they use for a excuse. <br /><br />17 November 2003<br /><br />Telstra refunds 20K to NotGoodEnough member<br /><br />Sealed Section - November 11, 2003<br /><br />Samara Eisenhuth is a member of consumer watchdog website
www.NotGoodEnough.org.<br /><br />In December last year her broadband bill jumped from $350 to $7000 in a single month for no apparent reason. By March, the bill was $20 000 and Telstra called in the debt collectors Dunn and Bradstreet even though Telstra had lost the paper work.<br /><br />So Samara and hubby looked like having their credit rating shot for the next few years. Not a good look when you're 7 months pregnant with first child.<br /><br />In steps NGE. Telstra was listed as Gripe of the Week. Telstra weaves and ducks, but in the end decides to waive the bill, reason unknown.<br /><br />But at least they did it.<br /><br />After the new car that NGE orchestrated for one hapless member last month, this is another significant win for the downtrodden customers of Australia.<br /><br />Here's the first few pars from Saturday's Courier Mail story:<br /><br />Telstra to wipe huge bill<br />By Liam Walsh<br /><br />TELSTRA has agreed to waive almost $20,000 in Internet bills sent to a pregnant woman who had been fighting with the telecommunications company for months.<br /><br />Telstra said yesterday it decided to drop the bill because the woman, Samara Eisenhuth, may have been the victim of "inadvertent'' file-sharing.<br /><br />Ms Eisenhuth said she had no idea why her bill jumped from less than $100 a month to $6993, $5099 and $7612 for three months from last November.<br /><br />"It doesn't make sense,'' Ms Eisenhuth said.<br /><br />The Gold Coast woman complained she had no luck getting an explanation from Telstra although Telstra claimed it tried on several occasions to discuss the problem with her.<br /><br />The Australian Consumers Association also warned that other people had been caught out with high bills for fast-speed broadband connections.<br /><br />Ms Eisenhuth, whose problem won Gripe of the Week on the Australian consumer complaints website NotGoodEnough.org last week, said it would be "great'' if the bill was wiped.<br /><br />Etc etc
